CVE-2022-4482

2023-01-1616:15:12

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cve-2022-4482

wordpress

plugin

validation

escape

shortcode

attributes

stored

cross-site scripting

low privilege

contributor

high privilege

admin

CVSS3

5.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.4%

JSON

The Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

techeartycarousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carouselRange<2.5.3wordpress

VendorProductVersionCPE
techeartycarousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel*cpe:2.3:a:techearty:carousel\,_slider\,_gallery_by_wp_carousel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*